Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780190459116 |
ISBN 10 | 0190459115 |
Author | Professor of Religious Studies Christopher Partridge |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | Humans have always been fascinated by drugs and altered states. Despite the risk of addiction, many have used drugs as technologies to induce moments of meaning-making transcendence. Beginning at the close of the eighteenth century, this book traces |
About the Author | Chistopher Partridge is a Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. |
Publication Date | 2018-07-03 |
Number of Pages | 472 pages |
High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World
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